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LIJUN MA, PhD, FAAPM Professor In Residence
CAMPEP Program Director UCSF Radiation Oncology
Educational Objectives
To grasp fundamental imaging and motion management concepts of robotic and gimbaled systems for spine SBRT
To understand operations of robotic and gimbal system in
a clinical setting for spine SBRT treatment delivery To define unique features of robotic and gimbaled
systems against standard linac-based systems for spine SBRT
Genesis of Spine SBRT Circa 1995
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Leverage Reoxygenation & Reassortment
Technical Basis of RT ed. S Levitt 2012
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Properties IMRT SBRT Dose × Fractions 3 Gy ×× 10 fx
16-24 Gy x 1 fx
12 Gy x 2 fx 6-9 Gy x 3 fx 6-10 Gy x 5 fx
Margin 10-20 mm 1-2 mm
Target Definitions PTV CTV/ITV/PTV
Motion Management None Must
Marginal Accuracy Moderate High
Radiobiology Sufficient Work in Progress
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20% 1. 50 Gy in 25 fractions 2. 50 Gy in 20 fractions 3. 50 Gy in 10 fractions 4. 50 Gy in 5 fractions 5. 50 Gy in 2 fractions
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State-of-the Art Spine SBRT Modalities
Features of Spine SBRT Delivery Speed: 10+ Gy/min
Adequate field size: ~ 6 - 20 cm
Fine beam modulation: ~ 5 mm
Imaging Guidance: 2D/3D
Motion Management: active/passive
Sharp Dose Gradient
10-15% per mm
dose fall-off
Saghal etal Spinal Mets 2013
Motion Management Techniques
System Method Elekta kV CBCT +/-‐ 2D kV +/-‐ BodyFrame
Artiste MV CBCT
Varian/Novalis kV CBCT +/-‐ 2D kV +/-‐ Surface markers
Cyberknife 2D kV +/-‐ Feedback Beam Correc�on
Vero 4DRT kV CBCT +/-‐ 2D kV+/-‐ Surface markers +/-‐ Feedback Beam Correc�on
kV CBCT-Based Alignment
Sahgal, Bilsky, Chang et al. JNS Spine (2011)
MV CBCT Overcoming Spine Hardware
Alignment despite presence of hardware (E Hansen and D Larson etal UCSF)
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20% 1. kV Tomosynthesis 2. MV Cone-beam CT 3. kV Fluoroscopy 4. MV Cerenkov scanning 5. kV Portal imaging
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Combining BodyFrame and IG
A Sahgal et al 2012 (Univ of Toronto)
SI yaw
LR pitch
roll
AP
N= 106 N= 307 pts
Mean Shifts of 1.2 mm and 0.9 deg (CI = 95% )
Online Detection/Correction Results
On-line Spine Target Motion Patterns
Δ (
mm
)
T (sec)
Φ (d
egree)
T (sec)
3
-‐3
Non-rigid Setup Spine Motions
Site
Required Treatment
T(min)
Non-Random
DOF
Required Correction
T(min) T (n=20) 48-170 3.1±1.3 5.9
(1.1-14.3) C (n=20) 30-138 5.5±0.7 5.5
(1.3-16.7) LS (n=24) 44-150 4.1±1.3 7.1
(1.6-30.7)
Frequent Intervention Results
Com
posi
te Δ
T (sec)
T (sec)
Pat #1
Pat #2
Periodic 1- 2 min imaging-corrections
Fiducial Based Robotic Tracking
Robotic SRT/SBRT Plan Delivery
Tokyo Kamagome Cancer Hospital
Gimbaled ( ± 2.5o) X-ray SBRT
± 60o gantry twist Q ±185o gantry rotation 5D robotic couch Q ExacTRAC system
Gimbaled X-ray Spine SBRT
Tokyo Kamagome Radiation Oncology
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20% 1. beam orientations 2. collimator rotations 3. couch corrections 4. gantry angles 5. cone shuffles
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Apparatus Dependence for Spine SBRT
Noticeable differences for complex cases
PTV Cord
Summary Millimeter-level accuracy achievable for
current Spine SBRT treatments.
Future trend is for faster, more adaptive, and more integrated spine SBRT treatments
Acknowdgement
UCSF
Drs. H Tanaka, T Furuya, K Karasawa Tokyo Kamagome Hospital